The choice of the people of Istanbul is the rail system: According to the data of the Metropolitan Municipality, the number of people using the rail system has increased 10 times in the last 3 years and reached 1 million 632 thousand 863 people per day.
Investments made with the rail system in Istanbul increased the interest of citizens in metro, tram and Marmaray. It turned out that the first choice of Istanbul residents, who want to reach their desired location quickly without suffering traffic, is rail systems. Public transport culture in Istanbul, the city with the highest traffic density in Europe, has shown significant changes in the last 10 years. According to the data of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, the rate of rail system usage has increased by 2004 percent and seaway usage has increased by 6 percent since 1,5, while the rate of those who prefer highways in transportation has decreased by 7,4 percent. The percentage of use of rail systems, which was 2004 percent in public transportation in 8,6, increased to 14,5 percent with new metro lines and projects such as Marmaray. While an average of 2004 thousand people used the rail systems in 532, this figure increased 2014 times in 3 to 1 million 632 thousand 863 people per day.
NUMBER OF PASSENGERS INCREASED
In 2004, an average of 130 passengers were transported daily by suburban trains, while 61 passengers were transported daily via Marmaray. The line carrying the most passengers in the rail system is 423 thousand passengers. Kabataş- While Bağcılar became the tram line, it was followed by Taksim metro with 359 thousand passengers and Aksaray-Airport light metro line with 337 thousand passengers. The number of people using municipal buses in public transportation, excluding metrobus, has decreased. According to the data, the length of the metro increased 2 times, while the number of passengers increased 3 times. The number of taxi users increased three times from 3 thousand to 400 million, and the number of those using the service increased by 1,2 million to 1 million. The number of private vehicles in Istanbul increased by 2.4 percent from 57 million 2 thousand to 50 million.
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